Puranam Srinivasa Sastry

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Puranam Srinivasa Sastry was a journalist, short story writer in Telugu.

Puranam Srinivasa Sastry (born 1 June 1953 - October 22 2021) was an Indian writer and a senior Journalist in the Telugu language. He was also a poet, editor, journalist, YouTuber, translator, columnist, humorist, political analyst, and canvas artist.

^[1]==Literary works== He was the author of several books including the psychological thriller - Ennenno Athmahatyalu (English: Many Suicides), Goodu Chalani Sukham, Preminchaku Jwaram Ostundi and Coffee Ragalu. Ennenno Athmahatyalu and Goodu Chalani Sukham won awards and were translated into Hindi, Sanskrit and Kannada. He had published under the pen-names Srisaa, Puranam Srisaa, and P.S. He was interviewed by Gollapudi Maruthi Rao for Vandella Kathaku Vandanalu program aired in HMTV.

Some of his works were also published on online magazines Sanchika.

Early life[]

Sastry was born in 1953 in Jagannadhapuram, West Godavari, Andhra Pradesh, India. His parents, Puranam Subrahmanya Sarma and Puranam Seetha, and his grandparents were writers. He was brought up in Jagannadhapuram and Vijayawada where he completed school and obtained a bachelor's degree.

Career[]

He worked at the newspaper Eenadu in the town of Visakhapatnam for a brief period and for Andhra Bhoomi, a Telugu daily, as a chief sub-editor for its Hyderabad edition. He has also worked for the Deccan Chronicle, Andhra Bhoomi, Vaartha, Andhra Prabha, Prajasakti and Eevaram. He last worked at Mana Telangana (formerly Visalandhra). Sastry was a freelance news announcer at All India Radio and co-founder of a Telugu literary and cultural club called Kokilam which is now also a prominent YouTube channel for Literary, Social and Cultural works.^[2]

Personal life[]

Sastry married Suseela in 1979 and has three children.

Short stories compilations by Mr. Puranam5 set of Stories by Mr. Puranam==References==